- Date
- December 4, 1993, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hastings, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43113Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931204047539A
- Case key
- 37467
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Probable cause
The delayed reaction of the pilot-in-command to compensate for unexpected weather conditions, resulting in damage to the landing gear.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land the airplane when he encountered unexpected wind conditions. The airplane lost altitude and the right main gear and nose gear struck a canal bank just short of the runway. The pilot executed a go-around and during the landing roll, the right main gear and nose gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On December 4, 1993, about 1100 eastern standard time, N43113, a Piper PA-28-140 registered to the pilot Michael Nolan, crashed on landing attempt at Hastings, Florida, after a local 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated about 1035 the same day.
The pilot stated that he attempted a landing and encountered a downdraft and the nose gear and right main gear struck a canal bank just short of the runway. He added power and executed a go- around. During the next landing the right main and nose gear collapsed on landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43113
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425335
- Airframe hours
- 2,049
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nolan, Michael
- Registered owner
- Nolan, Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1993 · 121 hours before
- Airport
- 80J · Earle Airpark
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,920 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 6, 1995, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 428 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N43113 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.